Corned Beef Hash Lasagne

Last year I shared with you my favourite way of making corned beef hash, such a cheap meal to make and it always goes down well with everyone.

Since then I have been experimenting, trying to find new twists on this classic dish so that it doesn't become a boring dinner to have, so today I am sharing with you my recipe for corned beef hash lasagne which is cooked in the slow cooker.

Slow Cooked Lasagne Recipe

One of my favourite dinners of all times has to be Lasagne however I have never made one myself, either my mum has cooked me one, I've eaten one when at a restaurant or I've bought a ready made one from the supermarket, so this week I decided to bite the bullet and see if I could cook one all by myself. And as an added twist I cooked it in my trusty slow cooker.

Ingredients

* 750g Fresh Beef Mince
* 1 Large Onion
* 1 Courgette
* Box of Lasagne Pasta Sheets
* 2 Jars of sauce, one red, one white (ok I admit I cheated and didn't do it all from scratch)
* Mixed Herbs
* Cheese for grating on top

Preparation

* Dice the onion and cut the courgette into small chunks.

* Fry the onion for 2-3 minutes.

* Add the mince to brown it off.

Chicken and Chorizo Stew Recipe

One of the reasons I love my slow cooker, is because I have something cooking at the start of the day and leave it to bubble away until we are ready to eat late. Another advantage is that we can all eat the same meal at different times of the day. This week I decided to make chicken and chorizo stew, I made that much that there was even some leftover for freezing

Ingredients

* 3 Chicken Breasts
* 200g Chorizo
* Tin of mixed beans (we had mexican ones for an added kick)
* 1 Large Onion
* 3 Carrots
* 2 Medium Potatoes
* Tin of Chopped Tomatoes
* 500ml Chicken Stock
* 1 Tbsp Tomato Puree
* 2 Tsp Smoked Paprika

Preparation

* Dice the onion, cut the carrots into thick slices and cut the potatoes into small chunks, lay these on the bottom of the slow cooker

* Place the mixed beans over the top of the carrots, onions and potatoes.

* Cut the chorizo into small pieces.

* Put the chicken breasts and chorizo on top of what is already in the slow cooker.

* Mix the paprika and tomato puree into the chicken stock.

Leftover Christmas Dinner Soup

I'm sure I'm not alone in buying and cooking way too much food for Christmas dinner. As yummy as it all is, there is just no way I could possibly eat it all, classic case of eyes bigger than belly. So what to do with all of the leftover food? Seems too much of a waste just to throw it all away!!! Last year I made a scrummy turkey curry, this year I've decided to get out my trusty slow cooker and make a festive Christmas dinner soup.

Ingredients

* Turkey legs
* Any left over vegetables
* Large onion sliced
* 1 litre chicken stock
* 2 tbsp Tomato puree
* 6 Rashers of bacon

Preparations

* Grill the bacon and cut into small pieces.

* Place all the ingredients into the slow cooker, making sure to stir and mix all the ingredients and cook on low for 8 hours.

* About an hour from the end of cooking, pick out the turkey legs, take the meat off the bone and place back in the soup, you could always use the bone to make some turkey stock.

* Just before serving add in a tbsp or so of cornflour to thicken, of course you don't have to do this, we just prefer a thicker soup.

Of course it wouldn't be festive enough if I didn't serve it up in a Christmas bowl!!!

What do you do with all the leftover food from Christmas??

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Sausage and Bean Casserole Recipe

I love a good casserole, I find they are good hearty meals and there are endless possibilities as to what ingredients you can use to make one. This week I opted for a sausage and bean casserole which I made in my trusty slow cooker.

Ingredients

* 450g sausages (around 8)
* tin of cannellini beans
* 300ml beef stock
* tin of chopped tomatoes
* 2 tbsp tomato puree
* 1 large onion

Preparation

* Brown the sausages under the grill.
* Whilst waiting for the sausages to colour, prepare the beef stock and slice the onion.
* Mixed together the beef stock, tomato puree and chopped tomatoes.
* Place all ingredients into the slow cooker for either 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low.

We opted to eat this with some crusty bread rolls this time but normally we would serve with new potatoes, you could always cook the potatoes in with the casserole to save time.

What's your favourite casserole?

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Corn Beef Hash Recipe

This week I have dug out my slow cooker, with the colder weather really setting in, nice warm dinners are in order. I am a huge lover of corn beef hash, extremely simple to make, it is another recipe where everyone has there own little twist on it though so I thought I would show you just how I make mine.

This was actually the first time that I had made it in the slow cooker though so I was more than pleased when it had finished cooking and it came out even tastier than when made in the oven.

Ingredients

* 1 tin of corned beef
* 1 tin of bake beans
* 4 rashers of bacon
*1 large onion diced
* 4-5 medium potatoes cut into small chunks
* 1 litre of beef stock

Preparation

Now this is where I love my slow cooker, preparation is extremly simple, honestly anyone could do it :

* Put all the ingredients into the slow cooker and leave to cook on low for around 4 hours. You can fry the onions first but I find they come out just as nice when you put the in raw.

This went down a treat with everyone. The great thing about doing the corn beef hash in the slow cooker was that it didn't matter that Daddy Hazelden wouldn't be home in time to eat it with all of us because it could stay in the slow cooker to be eaten later.

What is your favourite slow cooker recipe??

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Silent Sunday